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Economic Analysis of Kitchen Gardens at Farmers’ Doorsteps


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Kitchen gardening plays an imperative role for rural families to recover diversified vegetables in their daily diet. KVK Faridkot demonstrated the kitchen gardening amongst 100 families of two villages namely Pindi Blochan and Bhagthala Kalan to analyze the economic impact of the alleged technology along with constraints faced by the growers. The demonstrations on kitchen gardening have paved the way for healthier, long, prosperous and biodegradable life of the rural folk. The results revealed that there was total income of Rs. 2316.20/- from Rabi vegetables and Rs. 2003.9/- from Kharif vegetables. The total vegetable income was Rs. 4320.10 from an area of 500 m2 in three months span. These vegetables were produced with minimal use of chemicals. However, there are certain bottlenecks in successful adoption of kitchen gardening. Overall analysis revealed that brackish irrigation water, high soil pH and EC, limited availability of seed in the form of vegetable kits, lack of awareness regarding varieties and management of insect-pest and diseases and limited knowledge regarding preparation of quality farm yard manure were amongst the serious constraints as perceived by the growers.

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Kitchen Gardening, Economic Analysis, Constraints, Adoption.
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Authors

Gurdarshan Singh
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Faridkot (Punjab), India
R. K. Singh
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Faridkot (Punjab), India

Abstract


Kitchen gardening plays an imperative role for rural families to recover diversified vegetables in their daily diet. KVK Faridkot demonstrated the kitchen gardening amongst 100 families of two villages namely Pindi Blochan and Bhagthala Kalan to analyze the economic impact of the alleged technology along with constraints faced by the growers. The demonstrations on kitchen gardening have paved the way for healthier, long, prosperous and biodegradable life of the rural folk. The results revealed that there was total income of Rs. 2316.20/- from Rabi vegetables and Rs. 2003.9/- from Kharif vegetables. The total vegetable income was Rs. 4320.10 from an area of 500 m2 in three months span. These vegetables were produced with minimal use of chemicals. However, there are certain bottlenecks in successful adoption of kitchen gardening. Overall analysis revealed that brackish irrigation water, high soil pH and EC, limited availability of seed in the form of vegetable kits, lack of awareness regarding varieties and management of insect-pest and diseases and limited knowledge regarding preparation of quality farm yard manure were amongst the serious constraints as perceived by the growers.

Keywords


Kitchen Gardening, Economic Analysis, Constraints, Adoption.

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